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THE THEATRE OF KURT WEILL The World Greatest Jazz Orchestras Vol. VI ACT 9234-2
A suite by Colin Towns for the 100th birthday of Kurt Weill
After George Gershwin and Duke Ellington the NDR Big Band celebrates another composer with a centenary: Kurt “ ” “ ” “ ” ’ –
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Line Up: NDR BIGBAND directed by Colin Towns : Trumpets: Lennart Axelsson, Ingolf Burkhardt, Claus Stötter, Reiner Winterschladen Trombones: Joe Gallardo, Jürgen Neudert, Stefan Lottermann, Rainer Müller Reeds: Fiete Felsch, Peter Bolte, Christof Lauer, Lutz Büchner, Julian Argüelles Piano: Vladyslav Sendecki / Guitar: Stephan Diez / Bass: Lucas Lindholm Drums: Wolfgang Haffner / Percussion: Marcio Doctor
Tracks: 1 Mack the knife (from "Die Dreigroschenoper") 2 Dance of the tumblers (from "Lady in the dark") 3 Alabama song (from "Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny") 4 Speak low (from "One touch of Venus") 5 Surabaya Johnny (from "Happy end") 6 Bilbao song (from "Happy end") 7 Lost in the stars (from "Lost in the stars") 8 My ship (from "Lady in the dark") 9 Mack the knife (from "Die Dreigroschenoper")
Music by Kurt Weill, arranged by Colin Towns Produced by Michael Plötz und Katja Zeidler for NDR Norddeutscher Rundfunk Recorded "live" 10.03.2000, Rolf-Liebermann-Studio, mastering by Angelika Körber
Release date: June 2000
More releases of the NDR Bigband on ACT: ACT 9232-2 BRAVISSIMO - "The World Greatest Jazz Orchestras Vol. II" - NDR Bigband with Chet Baker, Gary Burton, Herb Geller, Johnny Griffin, Howard Johnson, Albert Mangelsdorff, Joe Pass, Heinz Sauer, Christof Lauer a.o. ACT 9233-2 ELLINGTONIA - "The World Greatest Jazz Orchestras Vol. V" - NDR Bigband with Tomasz Stanko, Heinz Sauer, Slide Hampton, Simon Nabatov, Nils Landgren, Gustavo Bergatti, Christof Lauer o.a. ACT 9259-2 BRAVISSIMO - "The World Greatest Jazz Orchestras Vol. IV" - NDR Bigband with Benny Bailey, Gary Burton, Philip Catherine, Barbara Dennerlein, Georgie Fame, Herb Geller a.o.
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